Job Opening in Cologne, Germany: Postdoc in Computational Social Science at GESIS

Dear all,

Starting on October 1st, 2020, the GESIS Department Computational Social Science (CSS) is looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher
(Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100%, initially for 4 years).

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association. Our Computational Social Science (CSS) department (https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/computational-social-science) approaches a new area of research which aims to analyze socio-cultural phenomena through new kinds of data and novel technologies.

Your tasks will be:

  *   Develop services for the social sciences in the area of spatio-temporal analysis (e.g. novel data collection methods, data mining methods and visualization instruments for networks and complex systems, and/or trainings/tutorials)
  *   Conduct cutting edge research in computational social science
  *   Conduct studies with sensor technology that captures human behavior, such as social interaction and/or mobility




Your profile:

  *   Completed (or soon to be completed) PhD in Computational Social Science, applied mathematics, physics, computer science, statistics, sociology or related fields
  *   Strong programming skills and experience in one or several of the following fields is desirable: (i) analysis of temporal networks, (ii) sensor-based data collection and processing, (iii) machine learning, (iv) models and simulations of social systems
  *   Good communication skills and ability to work in teams


Interested?
Apply now online here: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.ApplicationForm/ShortApply/Index/14111


Further information about the open position can be found at: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/job/14111/Post-Doctoral-Researcher
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me (johann.schaible@gesis.org<mailto:johann.schaible@gesis.org>) :-)


Cheers,
Wanja
(Johann Schaible)



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Dr. Johann (Wanja) Schaible
Team Lead Knowledge Discovery

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Computational Social Science (CSS)<https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/computational-social-science/>
Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8
50667 Köln
Germany

Tel: + 49 (0) 221 / 47694 - 517
Mail:  johann.schaible@gesis.org<mailto:johann.schaible@gesis.org>